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Reason, Religion and Modernity

Gadamer-Habermas Debate

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  1. Anil Kumar Vaddiraju

    1. The Centre for Political Institutions, Governance and Development, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India

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  • An engaging volume on Gadamer-Habermas debate on religion and politics
  • Discusses relationship between modernity and secularism
  • Significant and innovative dialogue in the context of religious pluralism

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (BRIEFSPHILOSOPH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-6

  3. Modernisation, Modernity, Liberalism and Religion

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    Pages 7-16

  4. Marxian Critique of Religion

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    Pages 17-26

  5. Early Habermas’s Critique of Gadamer and His Later Approach to Religion

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    Pages 27-35

  6. The Gadamer-Habermas Debate and Its Implication for Religion

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    Pages 37-41

  7. Post-secularism, Liberalism and Their Discontents

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    Pages 43-47

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 49-57
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About this book

This book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modernisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modernisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who concern themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modernity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Centre for Political Institutions, Governance and Development, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India

    Anil Kumar Vaddiraju

About the author

Anil Kumar Vaddiraju teaches Political Science at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India. He studied in Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi. Political philosophy is one of his abiding academic interests.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reason, Religion and Modernity

  • Book Subtitle: Gadamer-Habermas Debate

  • Authors: Anil Kumar Vaddiraju

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0703-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-97-0702-7Published: 02 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-97-0703-4Published: 01 March 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2211-4548

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-4556

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 57

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Critical Theory

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